Lemna minor
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Description
Small floating aquatic.
Ovary with 1 amphitropous ovule.
Fruit ellipsoid, symmetric, laterally compressed, without wings.
Seed smooth.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, reaching as far north as Alaska and northern Scandinavia present, tropical Asia present, tropical Australia present
Widely distributed in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, reaching as far north as Alaska and northern Scandinavia. All records of L. minor from tropical Asia, Malesia and tropical Australia relate to L. perpusilla.